well...

So obviously I haven't been writing on this like I thought I would... I will say that I have kept up with my cardio but the weight training has become so lax.

Yesterday I actually did my FULL workout (cardio + weight training) in over a month, WOW am I SORE!

It felt soo good because I knew that I was helping my body! whoo hoo! So that's the positive

I was thinking about this the other day, why is it easier to do my whole routine at home, but coming to school has become such a struggle to get the whole workout in.

Yesterday I also faced my insecurities of working out in the weight-room at school and did it. I don't like the weight-room because I feel silly around all these guys with my dinky five pound hand weights. I had come to school thinking that I would do my cardio in the gym and then come back to my room to do the weight portion. But, once I leave the gym I feel like I'm done working out and become distracted instead of finishing the workout.

Soo now- I WILL be heading to the weight-room after my cardio and just buckling down in my discipline and doing the work. NO MORE SLACKING!

Also- the dessert bar is my favorite thing ever- it becomes sooo evil when you are trying to not eat sweets. ( I do not think sweets are bad, I just cannot eat them in moderation right now, so I must avoid them) My other goal this week besides doing weights at least 3 times a week is to replace desserts (cakes& cookies & such) with fruit:) It is a much more filling alternative:)

SO point of all of this:

MAke Goals!!!! I find it really humorous that in every other part of my life I make goals, but when it comes to working out, its the last thing I think about..

Munchies

Hello friends:)

Today was not so fun.... I had a massive munchie attack, not just at one point during the day, but ALL afternoon! Ugg.. I was craving something sweet/ salty but never found the food that satisfied it. Have you ever been there? If you have, you know it is awful, Especially if you are trying to eat better. HAHA. As a result of being munchie all day I was unhappy, unsatisfied, and bored.

By the end of the work day I was just ready to go workout due to feeling guilty for making not the best food choices. I actually semi-enjoyed working out today! VERY EXCITING:)

Today's workout consisted of elliptical time and lower body fun.

I did the most rewarding yet torturous exercise that I like to call the squat walk. Basically, I tie a resistance band around my ankles, stay in a squat position and walk sideways. It is step together, step together, on and on until I've reached 30 steps each way 3 times. It is totally killer. I also did lunges, squat presses, and some ab work...

I am exhausted :)

An apple for thought:

When going to Outback steakhouse- try the steamed vegetables (ask for it to not be steamed in butter) with grilled shrimp with no butter. It is under the Outback Grillers section and I modified it:) It is super yummy!

Have fun working out!

~Stephanie~

WHy? Heels, Cookies and other things:)

hello:)

All day today I've been thinking about what time I am going to work out; when does it best fit into my schedule? I decided that if I got off work on time, I would work out before my meeting @ 5:45. The time came for me to get off work and head to the elliptical and I have no desire to.

Instead, I get home, walk into the kitchen to put my lunch stuff away and remember there are COOKIES in the house! Really, you would think it would get easier with time to want to resist cookies, but it does not. (I prefer to avoid them altogether, because I never want to have JUST ONE. haha.) I decided that it would be smart to baggie up one of the cookies (a prized commodity in this house and only two left!) and take it with me for a snack later. I must say this is ridiculous! But, I knew that I was not the slightest bit hungry, but a cookie just sounded good so I will keep it for later. LOL.

My main question is why? Why do I think about exercising and am kind of excited for it, until the time to do it faces me!? Then I would rather look for food as a distraction instead of exercising.. It is scheduled into my day so that there is nothing else I must do at that time, but man, it is so frustrating. I never really want to do it. I do it because I have to (for myself) not because I want to.

What I would truly like to do after work is sit on the couch, watch TV and eat that cookie even though I am not hungry, maybe even both of the cookies. :)

Yet, I have refrained, at least for now and I am on the elliptical instead. But, I would like to know, does it ever get easier? If so, when?! I would love to enjoy working out, but instead it is part of a "to-do" list of tasks that have to be completed. Will it ever go on an "I can't wait and I am so excited" list?

Those are the thoughts of the day, 5 minutes left on the Elliptical and then some weights:)

Instead of food for thought..I've changed it to- apples for thought..

SO...

Apples for thought of the day:

Wearing 6 inch heel platform shoes of cuteness give you a great calf work out! you should try it

Also try drinking one more glass of water than you want to:)

Happy walking!

Stephanie:)

My first post...

Hello:)

So this blog will pretty much be about my experiences with working out and living life:) I've been on the workout quest for the last 5 weeks and hope to continue:) It is definitely a love/hate relationship. I've been learning that my previous conceptions of working out were, for the most part, entirely wrong. I'll tell y'all what I did for the day in this as well as my frustrations and excitement throughout.

Time to go:)

~Stephanie~ (the not so fitness guru)